Visible loose leae device



May 19,1931. @mm-v 1,806,529'

VISIBLE LOOSE LEAF DEVICE 'Filed' July 28, 192s 2 sheets-sheen 1 Mmmm May 19, 1931. c. A. FINLEY 1,306,529

VISIBLE LOOSE LEAF DEVICE Filed July 28, 1928 2 sheets-sneer. 2

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UNITED STATES .Pm-:N1 oFFicE CHARLES A. FINLEY, OF RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO BOORUMGL PEASE COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORX,.'A CORORATION OF NEWfYVORK VISIBLE LOOSE DEVICE Application filed July 28, 1,928. ,Serial No. 296,017.4

This invention relates more particularly to top shields for cards mounted in flat overlapping relation in a drawer or panel.

An object of this invention is to provide a top shield which will not only serve to cover and to protect the uppermost card in a panel, but which will also eXert pressure upon the cards to keep them flat uponthe panel regardless of the'position in which the panel may be placed.

Another object is to provide a support against which to rest a card when it is desired to write upon its reverse side without removing it from'the panel.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of' a panel equipped with my new top shield and carrying a column of cards Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-section through Figure 1 on the line 2-2.

Figure 3 is a section similar to Figure 2, but showing the shield fully open.

Figure 4 is a similar view showing the shield raised to dead center. l

Figure 5 is a cross section on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Figures 6 and 7 are plan views of modified forms.

Figure 8 is a longitudinal section on line 8-8 of Figure 6. v

Figure 9 is a similar section, showing the shield open.

Figure 10 is a longitudinal section on the line 10-10 of Figure 7.

I have illustrated my invention applied to a panel having the well-known inwardly facing opposed flanges 16 overlying ears or other supporting members of superposed hinged cards 17. It will be obvious that the invention is equally applicable to other types of filing panels or drawers. It is suitable for use with practically any kind 'of card or sheet.

In Figures l to 5 inclusive the invention is shown embodied in a top shield comprising a plate 18 hinged to the panel by a series of fingers 19 sheared out of the strip of springmetal 20 which is secured to the panel in any suitable manner as by the rivets 23. As shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the ends of the strip 20 may beslippedunder the flanges 16, and the top bar 24 may be placed over it and all riveted to the' panel in one operation.

The plate 18 is perforated near its h'inging Vedge at 21 to receive the ends of the fingers 19, which have open knuckles 22 to grip-the portion of the plate bounded by the perforation and the hinging edge, as shown in Figures 3 `and 4. 1

The plate 18 of the shield may be made of' f shown-in Figures 1 `and 2,' the spring fingers i 19 cause it to "lied as. nearly -flat against the floor'v of the panel as intervening cards 17 will allow,`thus Vcausing the plate to` press upon the cards and keep them substantially flat againstA the panel V(as shown in Fig. regardless 'of vthe position inwhi'ch the panel is placed. lhen the plate is opened, if it is released inany position between closed (Fig. 2) and dead center (Fig. i)` the spring fingers 19 will'instantly pull it back to-closedposition. It can be left open at dead center. If it is opened beyond `dead center, and released, it will immediately assume the fully open positionvshown inFigure 3. In the fully open position vthe V'shield forms a support against which to rest the hinged cards 17, when it isdesiredto write upon thereverse side 17 a of one of them withoutremoving it from the panel. The shield is equally useful for this purpose whether the panel is inupright position orV is lying down. Y

In the modified Jform shown in Figures 6,` 8, and 9 the plate 18a carries hinge knuckles 27,

vspaced to nterit with hinge knuckles 28 carried by hinge bar 29. The hinge pin 30 is offset in the center where it crosses the aperture 32 betw-een the knuckles 27 as shown in Figure 6 and is firmly secured within said knuckles 27.

A single central spring finger 31 is secured ico between the top bar 24 and the hinge bar 29, wlith its free end bearing upon the offset portion of hinge pin. The plate is apertured at 32 to allow for the operation of the spring when the shield is opened and closed.

rlhe modification shown in Figures 7 and 10, differs from that shown in Figures 6, 8 and 9 in the respect that in the former iigures the hinge pin is not offset, but an additional pin 33 upon which the free end of the spring 3l bears'is secured tothe face of the plate below the hinge pin and across the aperture 32.

I claim:

l. In a visible loose leaf device for superposed sheets, a covering shield for the sheets comprising a swinging plate in combination with a spring adapted to cooperate in pro* viding a hinge for the plate and to hold it in either its o-pen or closed position.

2. In a visible loose leaf device for superposed sheets, a covering shield for the sheets comprising a swinging plate in combination with a spring` adapted to cooperate in providing a hinge for the plate and to hold it in either its open or closed position, the plate in its fully open position providing a rest for a sheet while its reverse side is being writ ten upon.

3. In a visible loose leaf device for superposed sheets, a covering shield for the sheets comprising a swinging plate perforated near its hinging edge, in combination with a spring strip secured to said device, the spring strip having a series of fingers grasping the plate through the perforations andhinging the plate to the device and holding the plate in either fully open or fully closed position.

4:. A visible loose leaf device for superposed sheets, comprising a panel, a covering shield for the sheets and double acting spring hinge means for securing said shield to said panel and adapted to hold the shield in either an open or a closed position.

5. In a visible loose leaf device for superposed sheets, a covering shield for the sheets comprising a plate having an aperture in its hinged edge, in combination with means se cured to said plate and crossing the aperture adjacent and substantially parallel to the hinge of the plate, and a spring pressing on said means adapted to hold the platein either au open or a closed position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CHARLES A. FINLEY. 

